HOBART COLLEGE BULLETINS 



VOL. XV 



JULY, 1917 



No. 4 



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Published by Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. Issued Quarterly. 

Entered OctolDer 28, 1902, at Geneva, N. Y., as second-class 

matter, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 



THE first duty of the alumni and students of any college 
at this time is to the nation. They must be ready to 
devote their time, their money, and — ^when the call 
comes — themselves to the service of their country. 
Hobart men are doing all these things in no small measure. 
The extent to which the faculty, the graduates and the 
undergraduates are engaged in actual military service is 
shown by the following list. It is necessarily incomplete, 
and additions and corrections will be welcomed. 

ROLL or HONOR 

' 1876 
William Wilson, Brigadier-General. 

1881 
R. W. Wilcox, h. Major, Medical Reserve Corps. 

1884 
C. W. Robinson, U. S. Army, Camp Funston. 

1889 

Wolcott Beard, Major, U. S. R., Washington. 
J. H. Rose, Captain, Medical Corps. 

1892 

W. M. Pegram, ist Lieut., Signal Corps, ordered to 
France, construction aviation. 

1893 
Charles O. Boswell, Major, Medical Service. 
W. Swift Martin, Captain, Cavalry, U. S. A. 
Rev. Francis S. White, Y. M. C. A. work in the army, 

Waco, Texas. 
Jay Zom, Captain, 12th N. Y. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C. 






Roll of Honor 3 

1894 
*Rev. H. P. Seymour, Y. M. C. A. in France. 

1897 
J. R. Sanford, Paymaster, U. S. N. 

1898 
W. W. Pliimmer, Medical Corps, France. 

1899 
Rev. H. A. Chouinard, Captain-Chaplain, Army, France. 

1900 
J. C. Sosnowski, Medical Corps, U. S. N. 

1901 
Foster P. Boswell, Prof, of Psychology and Philosophy, 
Hobart, R. O. T. C, Fort Porter. 

1903 

Perry M. Shepard, Captain, Q. M. Corps, American 
Expeditionary Force, France. 

1904 
Gordon D. Hoxsey, Priv. 107th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, 

S. C. 
Rev. R. I. Murray, Chaplain, American Expeditionary 

Force, France. 
R. W. Schumann, Paymaster, U. S. N. 
Rev. George F. Taylor, Chaplain in a base hospital, France 

1905 
Walter C. Rose, Ambulance Corps, France. 

1907 
J. M.Irish, Lieut., U.S. N. 

*Died Somewhere in France, Oct. 24, 19 17. 



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1908 

James E. Butts, 2(i Lieut., U. S. R., France. 
W. S. Hall, U. S. Naval Base, Roanoke, Va. 

1909 

Fred Harvey, 306th F. A. Batt., E. 
Sprague Riegel, 2d Lieut., U. S. R. 
F. E. Wegner, 2d Lieut., N. G. 

1910 

Walter B. Herendeen, 2d Lieut., U. S.R . 
Wilson B. Prophet, ist Lieut., N. A. 
Whitney A. Wagner, ist Lieut., 108th U. S. Inf., Spartan- 
burg, S. C. 

1911 

Robert G. Cook, 2nd Lieut., U. S. R. 
J. S. Fowler, Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Wash- 
. ington. 

Leo M. Neagie, 2d Lieut., U. S. R. 
E. H. Olmstead, International Y. M. C. A. 
Frank H. Snyder, Lieut., Medical Corps. 
Charles Van Tassel, 2d Lieut., Q. M. Corps. 
W. E. Westbrook, Chief of a section, American Field 

Ambulance Service, France. 
D. H. Wood, Corporal, io6th U. S. Mach. Gun Batt. 

1912 

A. A. Barmore, Aviation Corps, Princeton, N. J. 

J. S. B. Christopher, 2d Lieut., Engineer Corps, N. A. 

Philip Schuyler Church, ist Lieut, and Military Mayor of 
a town in France, American Expeditionary Force. 

H. B. Evans, ist Lieut., Co. K, io6th N. Y. Inf., Spartan- 
burg, S. C. 

Chester C. Hawley, ist Lieut., 77th Div., Camp Upton, 
Yaphank, L. I. 

R. E. J. Moore, Captain, British Army. 

W. M. Rice, ist Lieut., N. G., Florida. 

Max Wheat, Sergeant, Artillery, and dispatch rider. 



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1913 
DeWitt C. Flint, Captain, U. S. P.., Wrightstown. 
T. M. Johnson, War Correspondent, N. Y. Sun, America^n 

Expeditionary Force, France. 
H. B. McCain, American Ambulance Corps, France. 
Reginald Wood, Sergeant, io6th U. S. Machine Gun Batt. 

1914 

Cleveland B. Coe, R. 0. T. C, Fort Benjamin Harrison. 

W. John Ellis, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

R. M. Kendig, Overseas Y. M. C. A. 

F. L. Marsh, Ambulance Co., No. 33, Medical Enlisted 

Reserve Corps. 
E. A. Morrison, U. S. S. Massachusetts. 
Harold F. Thomas, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Art., Spartanburg, 

S. C. 
WiUiam P. Urban, 2d Lieut., U. S. A. 
John Van Ingen, Transportation of Ammunition, France. 

1915 

W. H. M. Fenn, 2d Lieut., Artillery, U. S. R. 

Robert B. Huff, ist Lieut., U. S. N., under Admiral Sims. 

Charles C. Jatho, Ambulance Corps, France. 

L. A. MacPherson, head of unit 20, Ambulance Corps, 
France. 

James H. Meiklejohn, Ambulance Corps, France. 

David R. Paige, 2d Lieut., U. S. A. 

H. F. Smith, ex. War Department, Washington. 

Frederick F. Spalding, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., American 
Expeditionary Force, France. 

Donald C. Stuart, Priv. 108th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, S. C 

James C. Van Ingen, 2d Lieut., U. S. A., 14th Cavalry, 
Levada, Tex. 

R. C. Winchester, 2d Lieut., U. S. Cavalry, Fort Leaven- 
worth, Kans. 

E. C. Woodworth, Aviation Service in France. 

1916 
Herman Battey, ex, U. S. Navy, Newport, R. I. 



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1916 

Dana L. Brooks, Lieut., English Army. 

Orvis D. Dantzer, 314th Inf., U. S. A., Admiral, Md. 

Robert W. Evans, 2d Lieut., Co. F, loth N. Y. Inf., 

Spartanburg, S. C. 
K. C. Furgason, Buffalo Base Hospital, France. 
Kenneth C. Hyde, Priv. 74th N. Y. Inf., Spartanburg, S.C. 

C. C. Pickering, Buffalo Base Hospital, France. 

J. B. Post, 2d Lieut., Co. A, io6th U. S. Inf., Spartanburg, 

S. C. 
T. S. Smith, 2d Lieut., 90th Div., Camp Travis, San 

Antonio, Texas. 

1917 
Frank Andrews, Aviation Corps, Ithaca. 
H. I. Brauns, Corp., Illinois Field Hospital. 

D. F. Broderick, ist Lieut., U. S. R. 

J. H. Brown, 2d Lieut., Q. M., U. S. R., Wrightstown, 
N.J. 

F. B. Campbell, N. A., Engineer Corps, A. E. F. 

F. D. Clark, ist Lieut., Co. K io6th U. S. Inf. Spartan- 
burg S. C. 

R. W. Eveland, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

A. D. Hubbs, Ambulance Corps, France. 

H. F. Idle, Medical Corps. 

C. A. Joyce, ex, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

J. E. Langille, Corp., 2d Ambulance Co., U. S. R., Allen- 
town, Pa. 
Harold F. Lowe, ist Lieut., U. S. R., A. E. F. 

D. H. Mapes, Ambulance Corps, France. 

R. H. Marshall, Aviation Corps, Austin, Tex. 

F. G. Reed, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. 

L. J. Thornton, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. ' 

Earl C. Vedder, ex. Medical Dept., 23d Inf., U. S. A. 

C. T. Wilson, at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. 

1918 

H. Gordon Campbell, Aviation Section, Foreign Legion, 

France. 
Wilbur Chittenden, Canadian Army in France. 



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D. S. Densmore, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. 

L. C. Ellsworth, Ambulance Corps, Fort Riley, Kans. 

Francis P. Hooker, N. A.. Battle Creek, Mich. 

J. Stanley Lewis, Transportation Service, France. 

R. M. Lewis, Medical Corps. 

J. R. Lindsay, 2d Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. 

D. P. Loomis, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. 

M. E. Mapes, 2d Lieut., N. A. 

Frederick J. Moffitt, N. A. 

Samuel H. Owen, Ambulance Corps, France. 

A. L. Rigby, Signal Corps, Camp Houston, Texas. 

J. E. Taylor, Medical Corps, Camp Meade, Md. 

D. A. Trayser, U. S. Marines, Quantico, Va. 

1919 

C. R. Bigelow, Naval Reserve. 

W. S. Brower, Aviation Corps, Ithaca. 

E. F. Campbell, clerk Aviation Section, U. S. Signal Corps, 

Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 
A. C. Coxe, Ambulance Corps, France. 
William D'Orville Doty, 2d Ambulance Corps, Spartan- 
burg, S. C. 

F. W. Evans, Aviation Corps, Oklahoma. 
J. H. Gest, Aviation Corps. 
Lawrence Gracey, U. S. Naval Reserves. 
H. C. Griffith, Lieut. Q. M. Corps. 

R. M. Peffer, Q. M. Dept., 

G. H. Persem, Medical Corps, Rockford, 111. 
A. H. Sprenger, N. A., Wrightstown, N.J. 

A. J. Steen, Senior Sergeant, 105th U. S. Machine Gun 

Batt. 
M. A. Way, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

1920 

J. S. Benton, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

H. R. Blodgett, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

F. J. Carr, Ambulance Corps, France. 

J. P. Dinan, ist Lieut., U. S. R., Wrightstown, N. J. 

John McReynolds, Ambulance Corps, France. 



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1920 

H. L. Neal, Medical Corps. 
H. A. Nester, Canadian Aviation Corps. 
G. M. Shearer, Ambulance Corps, France. 
H. C. Smith, N. A., Wrightstown, N. J. 

1921 

F. P. Fast, Ambulance Corps, France. 
Clifford Marshall, Inf., Regular Army. 
Alfred Nester, Ambulance Corps, France. 



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In the absence of President Powell, it seems fitting that 
the Dean should say a few words to the alumni about 
present conditions at Hobart, and the special importance, 
at this time, of encouraging men to secure the training 
which only a college education can give. His letter follows . 

To the Alumni and Former Students of the College: 

You are interested in the war and in the College and I 
am sure you will be glad to know what the College is doing 
and how it is affected by the war. 

About thirty per cent of the three upper classes have 
left College to enter the military service in its various 
branches. Others have been obliged to take the places of 
men who have been called. We have about seventy m.en 
left. Four members of our academic staff have also 
entered the government service. The College is still 
going on with its regular work and purposes to go on in 
spite of the fact that we shall probably lose several men in 



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the next draft. We shall go on because we believe that we 
cannot serve the country better than by training young 
men and training them intensively whether the near future 
brings war or peace. If the war continues and our stu- 
dents are called to the colors, their training here will make 
them better soldiers and fitter candidates for promotion. 
If peace comes soon, they will be better equipped to play 
their part in the reconstruction of the world which must 
follow. 

At no time in the history of this country has there been a 
greater demand for trained men. At no time has it been 
more necessary for a man to secure training if he wishes to 
compete successfully with others after the war is over. 
Service in the army gives a training that is comparable 
with that given in college. A careful study of the history 
of this country during the last fifty years shows that an 
undue proportion of the men who were successful in law, 
in business, in politics, were veterans of the Civil War. 
When we add to this the consideration that the mere fact 
that a man has served in the army is bound to give him an 
advantage, we are forced to the conclusion that during the 
next quarter of a century the young man who lacks the 
training given by the college or by the army will have 
great difficulty in holding his own against the competitors 
he is certain to meet. 

It is our duty and 3^our duty to advise all young men of 
proper age to go to college in spite of what may appear to 
be unusual opportunities to enter business or industry 
now. To get this training is a patriotic duty and a per- 
sonal duty, — a patriotic duty because our country needs 
them; a personal duty because their future usefulness 
depends on it. 



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HoBART College 



We are proud of the response that Hobart men have 
made to the call of our country. The names of those who 
have entered the government service in any of its branches, 
together with those who have served in the Ambulance 
Corps in France, constitute our Honor Roll. Let us 
hope that they may so bear themselves as to command the 
resp;ect of their Alma Mater and their country. 

Faithfully yours, 




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